Season 5: Episode 10 - The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition

The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition: Â­When Stuart asks Amy out on a date, Sheldon finds himself jealous. Everyone is shocked when Sheldon officially asks her to be his girlfriend.

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RECAP | Season 5:Episode 24: The Countdown Reflec...

Wolowitz and his fellow astronauts sit in the space shuttle awaiting launch, the story of Bernadette and Wolowitz' wedding is told via flashback. Bernadette decides that she wants to marry Wolowi... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 23: The Launch Accelerat...

When NASA informs an extremely nervous Wolowitz that he's being moved up to an earlier launch, he tries to use the wedding as an excuse not to go into space. However, the fact that he's an astron... More...

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RECAP | Season 5:Episode 20: The Transporter Malf...

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RECAP | Season 5:Episode 19: The Weekend Vortex

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RECAP | Season 5:Episode 18: The Werewolf Transfo...

Â­Sheldon's routine world is turned upside down when he learns that his longtime barber passed away, so he tries to act like a hippy to match his new shaggy hairstyle.
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RECAP | Season 5:Episode 17: The Rothman Disinteg...

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RECAP | Season 5:Episode 16: The Vacation Solutio...

Â­Sheldon is forced to use his two weeks of vacation time from work, so he goes to work with Amy in her biology lab. He feels the tasks she asks him to do are menial and boring, but when she fi... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 15: The Friendship Contr...

Â­After Sheldon keeps Leonard up all night with an natural disaster drill, Leonard decides that he needs a break from taking care of Sheldon. Hurt, Sheldon invokes clause two-oh-nine of their R... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 14: The Beta Test Initia...

Â­Leonard and Penny decide to put their relationship through a 'beta test,' which allows them to report the problems they have with each other as 'bugs,' like a programmer would do with compute... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 13: The Recombination Hy...

Â­Leonard decides to ask Penny out on a date, and they both agree to give their relationship another chance. They argue over dinner and remember why they didn't work in the first place, but the... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 12: The Shiny Trinket Ma...

Â­Amy gets professional recognition and Sheldon, in his self-centered way, couldn't care less. Penny, Koothrappali and Leonard go about trying to make Sheldon a better boyfriend by getting him ... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 11: The Speckerman Recur...

Â­When Leonard is contacted by a former high school bully through Facebook, he cringes at the memories. The former classmate is going through some rough times and reaches out to Leonard, not r... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 10: The Flaming Spittoon...

Â­When Stuart asks Amy out on a date, Sheldon finds himself jealous. Everyone is shocked when Sheldon officially asks her to be his girlfriend. More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 9: The Ornithophobia Di...

Â­Leonard and Penny try to hang out alone as friends for the first time since they broke up. Sheldon's phobias are put to the test when a bird camps out on the living room window sill. More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 8: The Isolation Permut...

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RECAP | Season 5:Episode 7: The Good Guy Fluctua...

Â­Leonard meets a really cool girl, Alice, in the comic book store who immediately expresses an interest in him. The more time he spends with her, the more conflicted he feels about his relatio... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 6: The Rhinitis Revelat...

Sheldon's mother, Mary, comes to visit and the entire gang loves spending time with her, much to Sheldon's chagrin. He refuses to believe it's jealousy but, when he comes down with the common col... More...

RECAP | Season 5:Episode 5: The Russian Rocket R...

Â­Sheldon and Leonard run into Wil Wheaton at the comic book store. Wil invites them to a housewarming party. Leonard says heâ€™s actually thinking of going. Sheldon tells Leonard he wo... More...